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Family

Jul. 12, 2006

Father Sues County Over Its Failure to Reunite Him With His Daughter

LOS ANGELES - A decorated former Marine and his biological daughter were wrongfully separated for a decade due to lies and negligence by Los Angeles County social workers, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

By Erin Park
Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A decorated former Marine and his biological daughter were wrongfully separated for a decade due to lies and negligence by Los Angeles County social workers, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
      In a 49-page complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Thomas Marion Smith alleged that county Department of Children and Family Services ...

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